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by smeep
Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:45 pm
Forum: Beginners and Newbies
Topic: Run apps outside of Amahi
Replies: 8
Views: 4921

Re: Run apps outside of Amahi

Thanks, but do we know what areas in general are likely to break? And why? Obviously, installing a calculator application wouldn't harm anything, right? My understanding of Amahi in an oversimplified sense is it is a graphical way to configure shares and access rights, to easily install and configur...
by smeep
Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:56 pm
Forum: Beginners and Newbies
Topic: Run apps outside of Amahi
Replies: 8
Views: 4921

Re: Run apps outside of Amahi

Are there certain areas of the OS that are more volatile, as far as breaking Amahi goes? I'm still evaluating my next home server OS, and was leaning toward Amahi for its simplicity. I thought that I'd get the convenience of the one-click app store plus any other applications that I wanted to instal...
by smeep
Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:12 pm
Forum: Beginners and Newbies
Topic: Moving from Windows Home Server
Replies: 3
Views: 3223

Re: Moving from Windows Home Server

Hi, thanks for the warm welcome! bsk: Yep, my current Time Machine configuration also uses netatalk (running in a small VM on WHS), so that should be a smooth transition from WHS to Amahi. And thanks for the reassurance about running CLI commands. For me it's not that it's scary, it's that if a comm...
by smeep
Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:45 pm
Forum: Beginners and Newbies
Topic: Moving from Windows Home Server
Replies: 3
Views: 3223

Moving from Windows Home Server

Hi everyone, I'm currently on WHS v1 but would like to modernize and so I'm evaluating various replacement OS's. Amahi and Greyhole look terrific, and I was wondering if any current users would be willing to take a few moments to share their experiences and comment on any strengths and weaknesses th...